St. Mary's 7th Graders Pen Poem On The Fire

Class of 1970

She was an old building,

Her age was sixty-five.

We remember her distinctly,

So clear and so live,

She was the strong hold of knowledge,

She was the memories of many,

The years of joy and laughter,

And the years of sorrow if any.

Yes, she stood her many years,

Through thick and through thin.

We said good-bye with tears,

As the walls burned within.

I walked past her brick structure

So many times a day.

And there she would be standing

Ready to guide my way.

So many of us took her for granted

As she helped us along.

But one look at her in flames,

We knew we had been wrong.

She was the school my friends attended

When we were altogether.

But since that awful day,

All of this has ended.

Our beloved school lies in ruin,

I guess it must be that way,

It stood for sixty-five years,

And fell in one short day.

By Peggy Hammond and Jeanne Gallagher

This poem was written by two 7th graders who attend St. Mary's. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George Hammond and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Gallagher both of O'Neill.